2019 Voter Guide
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2019 VOTER ELECTION GUIDE INFORMATION NONPARTISAN VOTER INFORMATION COVERING HAMILTON COUNTY, OHIO YOU NEED IN PERSON VOTE BY MAIL EARLY AT BOARD OF ELECTIONS THREE NOVEMBER 5 WAYS TO POLLS OPEN BALLOTS ACCEPTED SPECIAL HOURS VOTE 6:30 am-7:30pm OCTOBER 8- NOVEMBER 4 OCTOBER 8 - NOVEMBER 4 VOTER GUIDE YOUR PERSONALIZED BALLOT SPONSORS: As well as extended Voter Information including additional questions and information from the candidates and polling place locator, can be found on our voter guide website: www.VOTE411.org About This Guide Featured In This Guide This guide for voters was prepared by the League of Women Voters of the Cincinnati Area Who Am I Voting For? (LWVCA) to provide a forum for candidates and information on the ballot issues. Hamilton Co. Municipal Court Judges .......................................................................... 03 The candidate materials in this guide were assembled in the following manner: Hamilton Co. Educational Service School Board .......................................................... 06 The information for the Hamilton County candidates was solicited and compiled by the League of City of Cincinnati School Board ................................................................................... 06 Women Voters of the Cincinnati Area (LWVCA). LWVCA used the following criteria: The questions selected by LWVCA were advertised to the candidates, who were informed that each response would be printed as received and that all candidates would be solely responsible for the content What Ballot Issues Am I Voting for? of their replies. Because of the nonpartisan nature of the guide, candidates were informed any reference to other candidates is prohibited. Because of space limitations, candidates were Village/Township Issues ............................................................................................. 10 informed of the word limit requirements and were advised that any reply over the word limit School Issues ............................................................................................................. 11 would be cut off at the correct number. Other District Issues ................................................................................................... 12 In making this information available to the public, the LWVCA neither endorses nor rejects the views of any candidate or political party. The League does not and cannot assume responsibility County Issues ............................................................................................................. 12 for any candidate’s reply, or for the candidate’s motive in making it. City Issues .................................................................................................................. 13 Judicial candidates separately input information into JudicialVotesCounts.org, a partnership of the League of Women Voters, Ohio Supreme Court, the Bliss Institute of Applied Politics at the University of Akron, Ohio State Bar Association, Ohio Newspaper Association, and Ohio ADDITIONAL INFO Association of Broadcasters. This may have additional information beyond what Vote411 About your polling place ............................................................................................... 02 contains, so voters are urged to access it too. Where and when to vote early ...................................................................................... 02 The summaries and background for the Hamilton County, City of Cincinnati and Cincinnati Public Schools ballot issues were prepared by the League of Women Voters of the Cincinnati How to vote by mail ..................................................................................................... 02 Area volunteers. Descriptions of other ballot issues come from the Hamilton County Board of What ID to bring to the poll........................................................................................... 09 Elections. About this guide .......................................................................................................... 02 The information in this guide is current as of September 15, 2019. LWVCA’s online voter guide Make Democracy Work ................................................................................................ 16 at VOTE411.org includes additional candidate information not included in this guide, as well as any updates candidates may have made to their profile information after our publication Voter Checklist ............................................................................................................ 15 deadline as stated above. Vote at your polling place on Election Day How do I vote by mail? Election Day is Tuesday, November 5, 2019. Polls are open from 6:30 am until 7:30 pm. By law, Ohio will not automatically mail absentee ballot if you are in line at 7:30 pm, the polls must stay open to allow you to vote. Contact your county applications to all registered voters in 2019. Board of Elections (call 513-632-7000 or visit www.votehamilton.county.org ) or visit In Ohio you may obtain an absentee ballot for ANY reason. www.VOTE411.org to check your voter registration and to find out your polling place and precinct. Sometimes several precincts share the same polling place. To assure that your vote is You can request an absentee application by calling counted, verify that you are voting in the correct precinct! your Board of Elections (BOE) or download and print one at https://boe.hamilton-co.org/files/files/AV/AV_ Above all, if you are sure you are at the correct polling precinct and voting a regular ballot is not Apps/19MailAppNov%204-8-19.pdf and mail. an option for whatever reason, don’t leave the polls without voting a provisional ballot. The Public Library also has them, and will return them to Vote early in-person the BOE for you. The absentee application must be received at the county Registered voters may vote early beginning on October 8 for the November 5, 2019 election. Board of Elections before Saturday, November 2 at 12 Location for early voting in Hamilton County: Early voting days and hours are as follows: noon, but it is best to send it in early so you have time to receive your ballot in the mail before the return deadline. Hamilton County Board of Elections • Oct 8-25 M-F 8am-5pm, Your county Board of Elections will process your application 4700 Smith Rd. • Oct 28-Nov 1 M-F 8am-7pm, Norwood, OH 45212 and send you an absentee ballot. If you sent in your 513-632-7000 • Nov 2 Saturday 8am-4pm, application but have not yet received a ballot, call your BOE www.votehamiltoncounty.org • Nov 3 Sunday 1-5pm, to make sure they received your application. Complete (for information; there is no online voting) absentee ballots must be postmarked by Monday, • Nov 4 Monday 8am-2pm November 4 if mailed or can be dropped off at the Board of Elections (but NOT at local polling places) by Tuesday, November 5 at 7:30pm. 02 WWW.LWVCINCINNATI.ORG QUESTIONS: and patient demeanor is useful within the QUESTIONS: court hearing process. HAMILTON COUNTY A1: I have a balanced legal background. I A1: Ohio Assistant Attorney General, 1983- have worked as a civil attorney, a criminal A3: In general, bail should be set in a range 1987 Associate, White, Getgey and Meyer, MUNICIPAL COURT defense attorney, and a prosecutor. I have from non-monetary to low. The purpose of Co., L.P.A., 1988-1990 Trial Counsel, Juvenile tried cases in juvenile court, municipal court, the money bail is to provide an incentive for Division, Hamilton Co. Public Defender 2000- JUDGE and common pleas court. I have decided an accused individual to attend future court 2003 Judge, Hamilton County Municipal DESCRIPTION: 6 YEAR TERM. Salary thousands of cases as a judge. hearings. Nonviolent offenders should not Court, District 2, 2010 to Present raise significant public safety concerns. A $138,800 A2: I use my listening and analytical skills A2: Including my years of private practice non-monetary to low bail: (1) is consistent RESPONSIBILITIES: Has original jurisdic- on a daily basis to decide cases. I believe I from 1990 through 2010, I argued several with the tenet that a person is innocent until tion in civil cases (auto, neighborhood posses the requisite judicial temperament to cases in the Court of Appeals and I have proven guilty, and (2) avoids punitive pre-trial disputes etc.) involving claims of $15,000 decide cases fairly. argued twice before the Supreme Court of treatment. A person’s history of attending or under, and in criminal cases involving Ohio. I served as a Member of Cincinnati City A3: My philosophy is to always be fair and required hearings should also be considered. Council and as Vice-Mayor and Chaired the misdemeanors in Hamilton County. Con- impartial when setting bail and to consider all Committee on Law and Public Safety. In the ducts preliminary hearings in felony cases. relevant factors in making a decision regard- Tyrone K. Yates Ohio House, I chaired the Committees on 1 to be elected per district - 6 year term. ing bail. OCCUPATION: Hamilton Criminal Law and Prison Inspections. I bring For more information about judicial candi- County Municipal Court to my 9 years on the Ham. Co. Municipal dates visit: JudicialVotesCount.org Judge District 2 Court fairness, impartiality, respect and DISTRICT 2 dignity to every citizen every day. QUESTIONS: EDUCATION: B.A., His- John K. Coleman A3: I have been in the lead of reducing or Each candidate was asked tory, University of Cincin- nati ,1978